Installation instructions from source are missing section about GNU Autotools

[simonseyock]

Currently the docs state that you can clone the source, install dependencies and the run configure.

This is not true, as the configure script is not (anymore?) provided via code, but just the configure.ac files etc.

I would add a new section to the documentation where the necessary commands are listed. For me it worked with the following ones, but I am really not sure what was necessary (apart from libtoolize and autoconf)

libtoolize --force
aclocal
autoheader
autoconf

[simonseyock]

Link to documentation: ​https://postgis.net/docs//manual-3.3/postgis_installation.html#PGInstall

[simonseyock]

just noticed there is note about autogen.sh below the section for configure. Can this get moved in front of it?

[robe]

the sh autogen.sh is only needed if building from git. Not building from the source tar ball.

I'll update the instructions to clarify that.

[simonseyock]

thanks, it would be great if the note would appear before the section about configure, I think.

[robe]

I put a note in the installing from git part so it's clearer - ​https://postgis.net/docs//manual-3.3/postgis_installation.html#PGInstall

I'll close this ticket out after I've backported to 3.2.

[Regina Obe <lr@…>]

In 34edf66/git:

Put in autogen.sh as part of git clone steps. Closes #5200 for PostGIS 3.2.3